Button, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Button, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2001.017.24
- Creator:
- Whitehead & Hoag Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Newark, NJ
- Date:
- 1920
- Description:
- Commemorative button. Celluloid and paper over metal. Red shield with white cross overlying a map of the world with yellow continents on a blue background. White lettering on either side: "REBUILDING / THE WORLD". Metal pin in back extends beyond edge of button. " BADGES. / NOVELTIES / AND SIGNS". An oval union bug, words illegible, number "3" to right. Additional lettering underneath: "NEWARK, N.J."
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- W-0.688 Dia-0.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Ralph W. Holt of Nashua, NH (b.1883) was a building contractor. He served seven years in the NH National Guard and was chief trumpeter on the staff of General J. E. Tolles. He held ward and city offices, was a member of the Legislature of 1915 and a delegate to the 1918 NH Constitutional Convention.
Probably a symbol of the League of Nations. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett
- Subjects:
- League of Nations
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